M 5.2 in Taiwan on 23 Apr 2024 02:21 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.8434 , 121.5903
Event Date: 23 Apr 2024 02:21 UTC
23 Apr 2024 10:21 Local
Exposed Population:
20 thousand in MMI VI
Source: NEIC us6000mt40
Inserted at: 23 Apr 2024 02:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mt40 Scaled population (raster) 0.48  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1566697 0 23 Apr 2024 02:21 5.2M, 10km 6.27 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:20 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Taiwan ,of Taiwan (population 22,456,987) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
19000 people
200000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Population
Taiwan 9000 people
Taiwan 140000 people
Taiwan 31000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province City class Population Distance
Shui-lien Hua-lien Village - 7 km
Feng-shan Hua-lien Village - 11 km
Ch'u-yin Hua-lien Village - 13 km
Hua-lien Hua-lien Major city - 15 km
Feng-lin Hua-lien Village - 16 km
Chia-lu-lan Hua-lien Village - 16 km
Jung-shu Hua-lien Village - 17 km
Feng-kuang Hua-lien Village - 19 km
Ta-shan Hua-lien Village - 21 km
Sha-lao Hua-lien Village - 26 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Hualien HUN 16 Civ. Paved Yes 9000 20 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Distance
Hualien TWHUN 17 km

More information

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